Bicyclist injured in Pleasanton Ridge park airlifted to hospital

SUNOL -- A bicyclist was airlifted to a hospital with major injuries after falling off a bike in Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Officers were called about 1 p.m. to Foothill Road in the Alameda County park for a report of a person on a trail who needed medical aid, according to the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department.

The 54-year-old man who fell was taken by helicopter to a hospital to be treated, said park police spokeswoman Emily Hopkins.